HaytchBot

HaytchBot was designed in TextCAD, as a test of the software. At the time the RepRap community was actively exploring H-Bot and CoreXY layouts for gantries. The H-Bot layout here is the same used in the MakerBot Replicator. I performed quite a few tests on the system, but determined that H-Bot was less than ideal due to a high degree of rotational torque on the moving axis. Later at Voxel8, I successfully pushed for a CoreXY rather than H-Bot gantry from my experience with this system. The design was a fun exercise in minimalist design and TextCAD provided a useful level of abstraction of the implementation. The parameters for the design were quite simple and high-level specifications: